Decoration of woodwork.



No. 708,266. Patented Sept. 2, I902.

n. SMITH.

DECORATION 0F WOUDWUBK.

(Application filed May 28, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

HENRY SMITH, OF KEW, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

DECORATION OF WOODWORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,266, dated September 2, 1902.

Application filed May 23, 1901. Serial No. 61,602. (No specimens.) Q

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SMITH, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at No. 176 Edgevale road, Kew, in the State of Victoria, Australia, have inven ted certain new and useful Improvements in the Decoration of Woodwork, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a method or process of decorating wood which is especially adapted to be applied to the ornamentation of the internal wood work of housessuch as the doors, friezes, skirtings, floors, &c.and to cabinet-work, furniture, and such like woodwork generally which would beimproved by ornamentation, such ornamentation taking the place of the usual coating of paint or staining. The designs may bein monotint or multicolor, as may be desired. By my process a rich and ornamental effect is ob tained at a small post. I

The method or process is as follows: The wood to be decorated is first prepared with a smooth surface. To this surface, preferably, is applied a mixture of kerosene and crystal paper-varnish in the proportion of one part varnish to three parts kerosene or other like solvents. To obtain the best results, it is advisable that the surface of the Wood be first given a coating of thin composition of whiting and milk, tinted with color, if desired. This is then rubbed smooth prior to the application of the kerosene and varnish. I take the best quality of that class of wall-paper known as sanitary paper, having an ornamental design on one surface that has been prepared with oil or spirit colors, or other designs in similar composition of such paper, and soak this in water for, say, five to ten minutes and, preferably, give it a coat of a solution of methylated spirits and water mixed in the proportions of one part methylated spirits and one part water. The paper thus prepared is placed with the pattern or design on the prepared face of the Wood. I then take a damp cloth, preferably of cotton in about one thickness, and lay same smoothly on back of the'design aforesaid. An even pressure is then applied over the damp cloth. At the same time heat is applied to the paper for the'purpose of causing the design on the paper to be received by the wood. A heated iron such as is commonly used in household ironing may be employed for this purpose. The heat of the iron should be such as that used in the ironing of shirts, .or, preferably, a little hotter, but on no account hot enough to burn the cloth. The paper will commence to curl away from the wood at one of the ends when the ironing is sufficient and complete. The cloth and paper may then be drawn off, and after leaving the design to dry on the wood-say for forty-five minutestl1e surface is sized with preferably a thin solution of Russian glue and the design again well dried and may after that be varnished, oiled,waxed, or polished to taste.

lheabove-described process may be modified in detail. It is, however, essential that the sanitary paper be wetted and that heat and pressure be applied to it for the transferring of the design to the wood. The colors forming the design which will thus be impressed upon the wood will impregnate the fibers of the wood and will be indelible and permanently fixed in such a manner that it cannot be removed by washingor otherwise Without actually removing the surface of the wood by an instrument or by considerable wear and tear.

I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings apparatus for carrying out the above-described process on a large scale.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of form of apparatus.

1, Fig. 1, represents a table having thereon a flat board 2, with its top surface prepared to receive the ornamentation or design.

3 represents a length of paper of the kind before mentioned and which after having been wetted is laid on the board 2, with the designface down on the board.

4 represents damp cloth or the like, which is placed over the paper 3.

The board 2 abuts against a fillet 5 and which has at its back one or morespringclips 6, which receive and hold one end of the cloth 4. The table has'an elevated'and recessed portion 7, which is provided for the convenience of holding roller 8 when idle. The roller 8 is provided with a handle 9 and the arms of which receive the spindle 10 and a corresponding spindle at 11. These spindles are hollow, and one of them forms an inlet for the heating medium and the other an outlet or exhaust for gases from combustion. These spindles are connected with flexible tubes 12 13. The inlet-tube 12 is connected with gas-supply. I prefer to employ as the spindle a Bunsen burner.

Referring now to Figs. 2 and 3, in this case the board is drawn beneath a fixed heated pressureroller instead of as in above-described apparatus, where the heated pressureroller will revolve over the board. 21 represents frame, which has rollers 34 mounted on it. 35 represents a movable table, which has grooves 36 for the rollers 34 and handle 29 for operating it backward and forward, as hereinafter described. 22 represents the wooden board which is to be ornamented by my process. This board is placed on the slide-table 35. 23 represents the sanitary or like paper having on its under face the required design. 25 represents a frame, which is hinged at 37 to table 35 and the interior portion 24 of which is constructed of cloth, canvas, or such like material. The cloth of this frame is arranged to lie over the paper to hold same in position when the pressure is applied. 38 represents uprights which are secured to the fixed frame 21 and the upper portions of which are slotted to receive metal blocks 39, which forni bearings for the spindles 31 of .roller 28. board 22 is adjusted by thumb-screws 40, which bear upon springs 41 through medium of the plate 42. The spindles 3O 31 are formed hollow and have flexible tubes 32 33 connected with them. The tube 33 is attached to a removable plug 44, which inserts into spindle 31. The spindle 30 is in form of a Bunsen burner, and the spindle 31 forms the exhaust for gases from combustion. The bunsen may be lighted by withdrawing the exhaust-plug 44 and passing a lighted taper through the spindle 31 to the point of combustion. 43 represents stops planted on sides of slidetable to limit its travel.

The modus operandi of this invention is as follows: The board which is to receive the design is placed upon the slide-table 35. The paper is then put into place and the frame 24 25 caused to lie over these. The amount of pressure of the roller required upon the board is then adjusted by the screws 40, and the sliding table is then forced along beneath the roller, either forward or back, by means of the handle 29, and the frame 25 may (when table has reached end of its travel) be elevated on its hinges and the paper sheet 23 then removed, leaving the design upon the board, and which may then be treated as before described.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of mysaid invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is The pressure of this roller on the 1. The method or process of ornamenting wood, which consists in treating the smoothed surface of wood with kerosene and crystal paper-varnish, then applying wetted paper on which is a design made with oil or spirit colors with face of paper onto the wood, then applying pressure and heat to the paper whereby the design on the paper is caused to impregnate or be incorporated into the wood.

2. The method or process of ornamenting wood which consists in treating the smoothed surface of wood with kerosene and crystal paper-varnish,then applying wetted paperon which is a design made with oil or spirit colors with the face of paper on the wood, then applying a damp cloth to back of paper, then applying pressure to the damp cloth by means of a heated iron or roller substantially as described.

3. The method or process of ornamenting wood which consists in treating smoothed surface of wood with kerosene and crystal papervarnish,then applying wetted paper on which is a design made with oil or spirit colors with the face of paper on the wood, then applying a damp cloth to back of paper, then applying pressure to the damp sheet by means of a heated iron or roller, then, after the design has dried on the wood,applying size and afterward varnish or polish substantially as described.

4. The method or process of ornamenting wood,which consists in treating smoothed surface of wood first with a coating of whiting and milk solution and afterward with a solution of kerosene and crystal paper-varnish, then applying wetted paper, on which is a design made with oil or spirit colors, to the surface of the wood, then applying at back of paper a damp cloth, preferably of cotton, then applying an even pressure over the cotton sheet by means of a heated household iron or a roller, then allowing the surface of the wood with the design to dry, then sizing and afterward varnishing or polishing the surface substantially as described.

5. The method or process of ornamenting wood which consists in treating smoothed surface of wood first with a coating of Whiting and afterward treating the wood surface with a solution of kerosene and crystal paper-varnish, applying to the surface of the wood a wall-paper prepared with oil and spirit colors and coated with a solution of methylated spirits and water then applying to back of paper a damp cloth then applying an even pressure over the cloth by means of a heated iron substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY SMITH.

\Vitnesses:

A. O. SACHSE, A. IIARKER. 

